True. It’s a habit from my softcore characters. I usually don’t bother doing that until I’m done with Veteran difficulty (or at least not until I’m at Fort Ikon). I should change that habit.
Haunted Steel in weapons are mandatory for me in Hardcore as soon as you can slot it. The lifesteal + power it grants are excellent.
I had the urge to try a class combination I’d never considered before, so I started a Deceiver in the Crucible last night. Maybe something aiming towards Chaos damage, with Vitality damage mixed in, and two healing spells for survivability. I’ll probably disable the node needing two-handed weapons if I find a good shield or off-hand.
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/lNkKrD4N
Strato
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New patch dropped for Grim Dawn
New DLC too
Given the support Crate keep of giving to the game, I’ve already got the cosmetic DLC in my cart.
So I tried this game out a few weeks back when Steam did the free weekend thing, and I thought it was pretty fun. Now I see it’s part of the sale for $7.50, is this worth investing or should I just keep creeping through the f2p dungeon of Path of Exile and hope it gets better?
I love the game, It’s excellent. So many fun skill to mix and match. At that price you should definitively buy it.
I’ll second this. Of note, the DLC seems to never go on big sales; 25% or so is all I ever see. That said, the “base” game is great on its own and doesn’t feel like it’s missing anything.
I only have the base game, at a similar price early this year, and think it’s well worth it - even just for one play through (as I often am limit myself to).
Oh yeah, I come back to this time and again, because there is so much to fiddle with and the fundamentals are very sound.
I’d happily pay 50 bucks for GD. Best ARPG ever made, by a large margin.
It’s the best ARPG out there. And I say that as someone who really disliked their last game (Titan Quest). It’s not perfect, but I’d say it’s even more satisfying than Diablo 2 and 3.
Titan Quest is a master piece. I am saddened that you didn’t enjoy it.
You and me both legowarrior. I was saddened too. My travails are well documented each time in the Titan Quest thread, first in 2010, then 2013, then 2016. I finally beat the game on Normal difficulty with the 10 anniversary edition. It was amusing re-reading that thread and all the trouble I was having.
It will be interesting to eventually install that mod in Grim Dawn that lets you play as Titan Quest skill trees. I wonder if I’ll have as much trouble as I did in the original game?
LeeAbe
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The two are so similar they almost feel like the same game with a different skin to me. Obviously GD is much more polished, but the mechanics are practically identical aren’t they?
But you never got into GD either, did you @legowarrior?
I did and I didn’t @LeeAbe . I really liked a lot of the Grim Dawn Features (especially how it broke out the damage of spells, not just attacks), but I also felt a bit overwhelmed by them. Grim Dawn has more features and options and things going on then Titan Quest (what with the constellations and the like). In TQ, you have your two classes, your weapons/items and you stats, and that is that. Nothing else going on.
That being said, TQ has stolen liberally from Grim Dawn recently, such as the UI and the some other features. Also, the rebalanced a bunch of skills and made poison and bleeding damage stack with dexterity, which for me is a blast (I love my poison builds).
But I think the real reason I haven’t jumped into GD is that I don’t have the expansion packs for Grim Dawn, so I when I play, I FEEL (although that is likely unfair) like I might be missing something. Give me some time to grab a complete version (when its on a super good sale) of the game, and I’ll probably abandon TQ for GD. But at this time, TQ is just my go to. I love my Illusionist. It make the lazy gamer in my super happy! Just Spam Traps, and you are off to the races. Also, I’m just comfortable with it. Like a good pair of shoes.
Also, the Norse Expansion Pack is great fun. Just a lot of good voice acting. But the maps are freaking huge (which is a minus) but damn, do you get a tour of both Germanic and Norse gods and mythology. I just like mixing and matching all those mythologies (probably why Age of Mythology is my favorite Age game).
Daagar
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Catching up on this thread thinking I should play some more GD, and now I want to play TQ instead. Sigh.
As GD is taking its sweet time getting on XBO I’m wondering how the Titan Quest port fared…
Edit: Also, does it have any of the expansions?
Not great. I heard it’s gotten better, but controller support is still being worked on.
Right now, I think none of the expansions have come out.
Ah, thanks for the heads up. Sounds like I should stick to Torchlight and D3 for now.
Is there supposed to be an Xbox version in the works? If so, I probably helped it along by buying a copy on Steam.
